The vulnerability CVE-2025-23467 affects the RSS News Scroller plugin by vimal.ghorecha, versions up to and including 2.0.0. It is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue that enables an attacker to execute stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.1, indicating a high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and scope changed. The impact includes partial loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or vendor advisory is currently available to confirm remediation status.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of an authenticated user via CSRF, leading to stored XSS. This can result in the attacker executing malicious scripts in the context of the affected application, potentially compromising user data, session tokens, or causing other malicious effects. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a limited extent as indicated by the CVSS vector.

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should consider implementing CSRF protections such as verifying anti-CSRF tokens and restricting actions to trusted users. Monitor official vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once released.